HIS109Y1 Lecture : Napoleon
Document Summary
Before the revolution everyone in the military had to be an aristocrat all the military left france, joined the other side. French army was left without officers still managed to drive off the prussian and austrian invaders. Hero of this phase of the war artillery officer napoleon. Napoleon built on his reputation as a military generous. Crowned himself as the emperor of the french people. Crowned himself in exchange of the burboun dynasty. Saw his crown to be granted by the grateful people people celebrated napoleon because the. One by one all of the enemies of france were defeated and humiliated. There was a holdout england was undefeated napoleon could not imagine war at sea. The desire to avoid the english conflict eventually caused his defeat. Continental closure needed russia was defeated in russia by winter the defeat in russia was the start of all of napoleon"s defeats.
